Freedom Focus
Freedom Focus
Be like Charlie
Note: This is an abridged version of a talk I presented last month at an event called “A Tribute to Charlie Kirk, Champion of the Constitution.” The event was organized…
Iron Curtain
term symbolizing the ideological-political conflict and physical boundary dividing Europe during the Cold War
Law & Public Safety
Deja vu all over again?
I hope I’m wrong, but the anti-ICE riots in LA and other cities are distrubingly similar to the anti-police riots that did so much harm in 2020. With that in…
Liberty
Happy Constitution Day
To mark the day, I’m reposting the following, which orginally appeared in The Carolina Journal on September 17, 2020: The Left’s Long War on the Constitution The United States was…
Liberty
A reminder of the Helms-Solzhenitsyn connection
The latest issue of Commentary magazine features a 1978 essay from Russian author Alexander Solzhenitsyn describing his first days living west of the Iron Curtain. Among the interesting asides: But…
Liberty
Antifa should cause concern
Editors at the Washington Examiner offer a warning about violent left-wing protesters. Unlike the crowd that appeared last year in Charlottesville to universal condemnation, these rioters, with their cop-killer rhetoric…
Energy
The Relationship Between Energy Independence & Foreign Policy
Trump administration official Dan Brouillette made the case at a Raleigh forum on Friday that America is on the verge of energy independence — and that has a direct relationship…
Law & Public Safety
The 800th Anniversary of Magna Carta Is Around the Corner
View in your browser. The 800th Anniversary of Magna Carta Is Around the Corner And to kick off the celebrations, over at the Liberty and Law blog Justin Lyons has…
Liberty
Tonight In Raleigh: How Rock n’ Roll Influenced The Liberation Of Millions
The John Locke Foundation Cordially invites you to a Viewing of the Award Winning Film Rockin the Wall with our special guest Dr. Larry Schweikart – Professor of History, University of Dayton and…
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Thursday In Raleigh: Join JLF For ‘Rockin The Wall’
Join JLF next Thursday, September 25 at 7 p.m. at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in downtown Raleigh. It’s a free event and is open to the public. Rockin’…
Liberty
Reagan biographer highlights false arguments about his legacy
Craig Shirley, a leading expert on Ronald Reagan’s presidency, urges National Review Online readers not to buy into some of the present-day arguments about Reagan’s legacy. [T]he more things change,…
Liberty
Federalist columnist warns of ‘Marxist moment’
The recent success of Thomas Piketty‘s dubious economic tome prompts Federalist columnist Marion Smith to focus on the lingering appeal of Marxist madness. The recent disputes over Thomas Piketty’s glaring…
Liberty
The Obama administration’s mistreatment of a core constituency: the media
Andrew Malcolm writes in Investor’s Business Daily about a trend that should disturb every supporter of a well-functioning constitutional system, even those who raise frequent criticisms of mainstream media bias.…